DSST World Religions
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| feng-shui | The Taoist practice of determining the most harmonious position for a building according to the natural flows of energy.
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| hatha yoga | Body postures, diet, and breathing exercises to help build a suitable physical vehicle for spiritual development. .
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| jen | Humanity, benevolence - the central Confucian virtue.
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| jnana yoga | The use of intellectual effort as a yogic technique.
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| Juchiao | The Chinese term for the teachings based on Confucius.
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| Kami | The Shinto word for that invisible sacred quality that evokes wonder and awe in us, and also for the invisible spirits throughout nature that are born of this essence.
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| Kannagara | Harmony with the way of the kami in Shinto.
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| Li | Ceremonies, rituals, and rules of proper conduct, in the Confucian tradition.
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| Misogi | The Shinto waterfall purification ritual.
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| Oharai | Shinto purification ceremony.
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| Pranayama | Yogic breathing exercises.
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| Samadhi | In yogic practice, the blissful state of superconscious union with the Absolute.
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| Shang Ti | In ancient China, a deity [or perhaps deities] with overarching powers.
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| Sutra | Literally, a thread on which are strung jewels. the discourses of the teacher.
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| T'ai-chi chu'an | An ancient Chinese system of physical exercises, which uses slow movements to help one become part of the universal flow of energy.
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| Tao (also Dao) | The way or path, in Far Eastern traditions. The term is also used as a name for the Nameless.
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| Tsumi | Impurity or misfortune, a quality that Shinto purification practices are designed to remove.
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| wu-wei | In Taoism, "not doing," in the sense of taking no action contrary to the natural flow.
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| Yang | In Chinese philosophy, the bright, assertive, "male" energy in the universe.
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| Yi | Righteous conduct (as opposed to conduct motivated by desire for personal profit), a Confucian virtue stressed by Mencius.
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| Yin | In Chinese philosophy, the dark, receptive, "female" energy in the universe.
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| Yoga | Ancient techniques for spiritual realization, found in several Eastern religions.
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| Zen | A Chinese and Japanese Buddhist school emphasizing that all things have Buddha-nature, which can only be grasped when one escapes from the intellectual mind.
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| Zendo | A Zen meditation hall.
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| ch'i | The vital energy in the universe and in our bodies, according to Far Eastern esoteric traditions.
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| ch'i-kung | A Taoist system of harnessing inner energies for spiritual realization.
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